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Assessing memory representations in freely-behaving animals with calcium imaging via miniscopes

Assessing memory representations in freely-behaving animals with calcium imaging via miniscopes
通过微型显微镜通过钙成像评估自由行为动物的记忆表征
批准号:
RTI-2021-00630
负责人:
McDonald, Robert
金额:
$8.92万
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依托单位国家:
加拿大
项目类别:
Research Tools and Instruments
财政年份:
2020
资助国家:
加拿大
项目状态:
已结题
起止时间:
2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31

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For this RTI grant, we request support to obtain “state of the art” UCLA miniscopes (version 4) to conduct in-vivo calcium imaging in freely behaving rodents. These miniscopes will be a crucial addition to our emerging Brain Imaging Core at the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience (CCBN) at the University of Lethbridge (UofL). The proposed imaging equipment will be used by at least 9 NSERC-funded system neuroscientists from the CCBN, and a user from the Department of Biological Sciences at the UofL. All users will have access and technical support to use this equipment. The UCLA system is requested for several reasons: 1) ability to do calcium imaging in a brain area, like hippocampus (HPC), while the animal is freely-behaving is a major advancement that increases the range of functions we can assess; 2) it is task-flexible; 3) can be used in different brain regions; 4) it is user friendly; and 5) it is the most reputable system for this technique. The UCLA imaging system will be essential in several of our research programs including: 1) assess HPC representations formed during rapid new learning using the same or different spatial information which we hypothesize will differ in content and underlying neurobiological mechanism. The miniscopes will be used to determine how the representations differ under changed conditions; 2) investigate effects of circadian rhythm perturbations on HPC function. The miniscope will be used to assess the impacts of various forms of circadian perturbations (i.e./ shift work) on HPC representations; and 3) memory function in the mammalian brain appears to be organized by neural networks mediating different memory functions and within this organization, normal thought and behaviour arise from cooperative and competitive interactions between these systems. We will explore the mechanisms of interactions amongst multiple memory networks using the miniscopes to image activity in subcortical and cortical regions under different experimental conditions. Adding in-vivo calcium imaging using UCLA-V4 will be highly beneficial to our trainees because: 1) optical imaging methods are becoming increasingly popular over traditional electrophysiological methods for various reasons including large amounts of data can be collected and yet less technical expertise is required to run and maintain the equipment; 2) making sense of the high volumes of data collected from the miniscopes requires computational skills which our trainees will receive; and 3) enhance the quality of publications generated. All of these aspects will be advantageous to our trainees as they pursue a competitive space in neuroscience. We will use this technology to advance our knowledge of how behaviour is shaped by exposure to specific events, the neural networks responsible, and the biochemical mechanisms supporting these functions. Our research will benefit all Canadians as we expand our understanding of normal and abnormal behaviour.
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